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J. L. FABBR,Sr. WEATHER STRIP.

No. 23,296. Patented Mar. 2z, 1859.

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JOHN L. FABER, SR.,fOF SOUTH HADIQEY, MASSACHUSETTS.

WEATHER-STRIP.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 23,296, dated March 22, 1859.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, Jol-IN LEwis FABER, Sr.,of South Hadley, county of Hampshire, in the State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Improvement in feather- Strips; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and enact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to theletters of reference marked thereon. Y

The nature of my improvement consists in certain improvements in weatherstrips, as hereinafter fully described.

To enable those skilled to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings making part of this speciication, Figure 1,represents an elevation of a door and frame, with my improvement. Fig.2, a vertical section on the line, w, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, a verticalsection on line, y, y, Fig. 1. Fig. l, a horizontal section on line, a,a, Fig. 1. Fig. 5, detail view of strip and springs and, Fig. 6, asimilar detail view of a modification of said strip and its attachments.

Similar lett-ers denoting the same parts in the different views.

A, represents the frame of a door and. A, its sill.

B, is the door which is hung in the usual way on the frame by hinges,z', z'.

D, is the top strip and, C, its holder'.

F, is the lower or bottom strip and E, its holder.

G, is the hinge side strip, a, a, its holding links, and, I, the openingside strip, and c, c, its holding pins, or studs.

Z2 are the inclined slots, e, and d, the actuating springs, and, H, theinclined stop.

f, the parallel link bars.

s, s, &c., are strips of cloth or other suitable material fast into theedges of the Several strips; and by which a perfect contact with theframe is insured. The top strip, D, is made and arranged with itsholder, C, in a manner similar to that illustrated at Fig. 6, and hasone end beveled off at, h, which beveled end comes in contact with theinner edge or corner of one side of the frame at, Z, (see Fig. 4,) andcauses the lifting of said strip, D, when the door closes, and insuresan upward pressure of said strip against the underside of the top of thedoor frame; when said strip, I), is out of contactwith the frame, it iskept down into its holder, C, by the actuating spring. The

bottom strip, F, is made and arranged in its holder, E, in a mannersimilar to the top strip; but being reversed in position relative to thedoor, its operation is somewhat different itbeing forced downward bymeans of its rear or hinge side end coming in contact with the frame at,m, (Fig. 2).

Both the top and bottom strips may be actuated, or, caused to return totheir holders, when released from the door frame by a simple spring,such as seen'at Fig. 5, instead of the spiral springs, c.

The hinge side strip, G, is a simple bar hung upon two parallelVibrating links, a, a, swinging upon centers or studs a', ct passinginto the frame, A, Said bar, Gr, has its lower extremity slightlybeveled olf and is forced upward by means of the rear top corner of theholder strip, E, (which is also beveled oli' at, 0, Fig. 1,) when thedoor is closed, and its edge adjacent to the door, forced closelyagainst said door, whenv the door is opened and the strip, G, thusreleased from the pressure of the holder strip, E, said strip, G, falls,by its own gravity until its inner edge comes in contact with the hubsof the links a, a, above the top end of bar, G, thence projects from theframe, A, a stop pin, p, against which the top of said bar strikes, whenit shall have arrived at such a point, where it will be sufficientlytight against the dohr; without this sto-p, the bar, G, might under suchcircumstances be forced or wedged up so tight as to injure itsattachments.

The strip, I, is hung against the inner side of the door by simple pinsor screws, c, c, and is kept in its most elevated position by theactuating spring, e; in said strip are two parallel inclined slots, b,Z), through which pass the pins, 4c, c, and by virtue of which saidstrip is caused to run obliquely;

lwhen it is actuated either by its spring or by the closing devices;which latter may be described as follows.

H, is the inclined closing stop, against4 which the upper and beveledend of the bar, I, comes when the door is closed, and which forces saidbar, I, downward and against the inner side of frame, A, said bar isreturned to its normal position by the spring, e, or its equivalent (asbefore mentioned.)

It will be understood from the foregoing description of the constructionand operation of the several strips, that the conjoint operation, wherethey are all arranged upon the door and frame as represented in thedrawings, is as follows, viz., as the door closes the end, 7, of thebottom strip, F, comes into contact with the inner side of door frame,and is gradually forced downward toward and closely onto the sill, A,While at the same time the rear top corner of the holder, E, comes incontact with the lower end of bar, G, and operates it as beforedescribed; after the bars, F, and G, have commenced moving, and beforethey have ceased, the beveled ends, bars, D, and I, come respectivelyagainst the corner of the frame, A, and inclined edge of stop, H, andare forced into their desired positions; the frame coming closelyagainst the under side of top of door frame', and the latter againstinnerA surface of the side of said frame, as before described. The foursides of the door it will be observed, are thus eifectually closed yormade weather tight, and by means of the cloth surfaces are renderedalmost air tight, which is exceedingly desirable in cold Weather.

It will be observed that the several strips and their necessaryattachments, are each and all secured to the door and frame by simplyscrewing on, Without any cutting of the door or frame, and may bereadily adjusted to every door, and removed therefrom at such seasons asnot required, without having the door o'r frame eifaced.

I am aware that many devices for weather strips have been contrived, butknow of none similar to and possessing the advantages which areobviously peculiar to my improvement.

'eral strips and their attachments, to close up the frame sides of thedoor as herein described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentysecond day of October 1858.

JOHN LEWIS FABER, sR. [L s] Witnesses:

JNO. R. WHrr'rELsEY, SAMUEL WELLS.

